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DOI	10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0287.1
	Data gaps within atmospheric rivers over the northeastern pacific
	Zheng M.; Monache L.D.; Wu X.; Martin Ralph F.; Cornuelle B.; Tallapragada V.; Haase J.S.; Wilson A.M.; Mazloff M.; Subramanian A.; Cannon F.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	00030007
起始页码	E492
结束页码	E524
卷号	102 期号:3
英文摘要	Conventional observations of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over the northeastern Pacific Ocean are sparse. Satellite radiances are affected by the presence of clouds and heavy precipitation, which impact their distribution in the lower atmosphere and in precipitating areas. The goal of this study is to document a data gap in existing observations of ARs in the northeastern Pacific, and to investigate how a targeted field campaign called AR Reconnaissance (AR Recon) can effectively fill this gap. When reconnaissance data are excluded, there is a gap in AR regions from near the surface to the middle troposphere (below 450 hPa), where most water vapor and its transport are concentrated. All-sky microwave radiances provide data within the AR object, but their quality is degraded near the AR core and its leading edge, due to the existence of thick clouds and precipitation. AR Recon samples ARs and surrounding areas to improve downstream precipitation forecasts over the western United States. This study demonstrates that despite the apparently extensive swaths of modern satellite radiances, which are critical to estimate large-scale flow, the data collected during 15 AR Recon cases in 2016, 2018, and 2019 supply about 99% of humidity, 78% of temperature, and 45% of wind observations in the critical maximum water vapor transport layer from the ocean surface to 700 hPa in ARs. The high-vertical-resolution dropsonde observations in the lower atmosphere over the northeastern Pacific Ocean can significantly improve the sampling of low-level jets transporting water vapor to high-impact precipitation events in the western United States. © 2021 American Meteorological Society.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Atmospheric humidity; Oceanography; Precipitation (meteorology); Weather forecasting; Heavy precipitation; High vertical resolution; Microwave radiances; North-eastern Pacific; Precipitation events; Precipitation forecast; Water vapor transport; Western United States; Water vapor
来源期刊	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/177697
作者单位	Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Environmental Modeling Center, I. M. Systems Group, College Park, MD, United States; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zheng M.,Monache L.D.,Wu X.,et al. Data gaps within atmospheric rivers over the northeastern pacific[J],2021,102(3).
APA	Zheng M..,Monache L.D..,Wu X..,Martin Ralph F..,Cornuelle B..,...&Cannon F..(2021).Data gaps within atmospheric rivers over the northeastern pacific.Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,102(3).
MLA	Zheng M.,et al."Data gaps within atmospheric rivers over the northeastern pacific".Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102.3(2021).